Nancy
Salgado, a McDonald’s employee for 10 years, confronted company president Jeff Stratton last week and described her struggle to take care of
her family based on her $8.25 wage. A security guard quickly escorted Salgado
and fellow protesters out and threatened her with arrest. Ultimately, Salgado
received a citation for trespassing even though the living wage group, Fight
For $15, had provided tickets for the event.
During Stratton’s luncheon
speech in Chicago, the single mother of two yelled out, “I’ve been at
McDonald’s for 10 years.” Stratton only replied, “I’ve
been at McDonald’s for 40 years” and later referred to the protesters’
interruption as, “inappropriate.”
In an interview with The
Real News, Salgado said, “It was very upsetting, very–I think it was one of the
most obnoxious things I’ve been in through,” she said. “I was going to get
arrested. They gave me a ticket for interrupting, for, you know, interrupting
the president. They just told me, you know, well, you’re being under arrest
because you just interrupted, you trespassed the property.” She added that not
being able to afford simple things like “a pair of shoes like everybody else
does,” for her children inspired her to protest.
Watch what happened:
Fast food strikes gained ground over the last year as more workers demand a living wage. Despite
the protests, the company denied it pays too little and even created an unrealistic budget for workers making the average $8.25 an hour. Most fast food
workers are like Salgado, women above age 20, who
may be supporting children.
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